Red Moscow

"Also," Sokov continued, "Immediately arrest the German tailor secretly, and then interrogate him overnight to see if what he said matches what Alia said."

"Comrade Commander, please rest assured about this." The Chief of Secret Service assured Sokov: "I have sent someone to arrest the tailor. If everything goes smoothly and there are no accidents, he will be arrested soon. Bring back our soldiers."

Hearing what the other party said, Sokov couldn't help but thump in his heart. According to his common sense, if someone says "if there are no accidents", it means that an accident will happen soon.

Thinking of this, he looked at the chief of the secret service and asked, "Comrade chief, how many people did you send to arrest that tailor?"

Hearing Sokov's question, the Chief of Special Service couldn't help raising his eyebrows, and then replied: "Comrade Commander, I don't have many people at my disposal. I only sent a team of four people including the driver." , They went to the tailor shop by car, and I believe it will not take long before the tailor can be brought back to assist in the investigation."

"Comrade Section Chief." Sokov said to the Secret Service Section Chief with a straight face, "To tell you the truth, I feel very uneasy at the moment. I feel flustered intermittently, and I always feel that something is going to happen."

The special service chief smiled: "Comrade commander, what can happen? You know, the people under me are all smart and capable. Let alone go to three people to participate in the arrest, even if only one person goes, the tailor will not want to escape."

"Underestimate the enemy is a big taboo in the army." Sokov looked at the chief of the secret service and said, "If you think this way, your subordinates will definitely become more careless. I am worried that there will be problems in this arrest operation."

Seeing Sokov's stern expression, the Chief of Secret Service couldn't help but attach great importance to the matter: "Comrade Commander, since you said so, I will immediately send another team to meet them and ask them to bring the tailor back safely. "

"Comrade Chief," Sokov said expressionlessly, "Don't look at Aliya's unusual cooperation during the interrogation tonight, but I think she has concealed a lot of facts from us."

"That's right, Comrade Commander, I've also noticed this." The Chief of Secret Service said: "The explanation she gave us about the military uniform, the radio station, and how to get into the kitchen of the headquarters doesn't sound like the truth. of."

"Comrade Chief," Sokov looked at the Chief of Secret Service and said, "Since she can betray her companion to divert our attention, it proves that she is a ruthless person. But since she was captured until now, we All I see is her pitiful and caring side, it's hard to imagine that she can betray her companions without hesitation in order to achieve her own goals."

The Chief of Secret Service had a pleasant expression on his face: "Comrade Commander, I think so too." But just as he said this, for some reason, he suddenly fell silent again.

"Say it, Comrade Section Chief, why don't you say it?" Seeing that the other party seemed hesitant to speak, Sokov said in an encouraging tone: "You can say whatever comes to your mind, even if you say something wrong, I won't blame you either."

The Chief of Secret Service, who was encouraged by Sokov, plucked up his courage and said: "I think the reason why Alia was so cooperative in the later stage is because she found that she couldn't complete the tasks assigned to her by her superiors, so she prepared to use other methods. However, before she recovers from her injuries, she deliberately provides us with some half-truths and half-false information to dispel our suspicions about her. In this way, by the time she recovers from her injuries, I'm afraid we have completely relaxed Be vigilant against her, if she takes any new actions, we will be hard to guard against."

"Yes, yes." Sokov nodded and said, "Some of the information she provided us today, such as the situation of the other two sniper teams, and where they assembled. Such valuable information can be Let us put down our guard against her, and when the time is right, maybe she will make a new plan."

"Comrade commander, do you think it is necessary to send someone to monitor her?" The chief of the secret service asked tentatively: "In this way, we will know who is approaching her as soon as possible."

"It's not available for the time being." Sokov waved his hand at the Chief of Special Service and said, "I have told Captain Koshkin to send someone to stay with Alia for 24 hours to monitor her every move. I I think she should have guessed that we will strengthen her supervision, and she will not take any action until the injury is fully recovered."

"Then how will she communicate with the outside world after she recovers?" the Secret Service Chief asked curiously.

Sokov thought for a moment, and then said: "I guess she has already arranged all the things to be arranged before performing the sniper mission. For example, the person who helped her get the military uniform, and the person who helped her meet the Chief of Staff at the military store. Of course, there were also the destroyed radio station and the burned code book, which were all specially arranged by her.

During the period when she was recovering from her injuries, those people who had contact with her would go into hibernation temporarily, waiting for her to recover and be awakened after being discharged from the hospital. "

Regarding one of Sokov's statements, the chief of the Secret Service expressed doubts: "Comrade Commander, didn't she say that the military uniform was made for her by a tailor? How could there be someone who specially provided her with military uniforms?"

"I think the tailor is a smoke bomb thrown by her to eliminate our suspicion of her." Sokov said in a contemptuous tone: "If I didn't make a mistake, when your subordinates find the tailor, I'm afraid they will see her." Just a cold corpse."

The head of the Secret Service was taken aback: "No way, Comrade Commander. You said someone would kill and silence the tailor?"

"That's right." Sokov nodded, and said in a positive tone: "Comrade Chief, ever since you told me that your subordinates were going to arrest the tailor, I have always been uneasy, and I always feel that something will happen. What is it? Now it seems that the tailor should be silenced first."

More than half an hour later, there was a sound of hurried footsteps from outside, and then a soldier from the Secret Service hurried in. Seeing him leaning close to the ear of the chief of special services, as if he was about to say something, Sokov raised his voice: "Comrade soldier, if you have anything to do, just say it out loud, and don't bite your ear to your chief. "

Hearing what Sokov said, the soldier hurriedly stood up straight. For a moment, he didn't know whether to continue to report to the Chief of Secret Service, or to follow Sukov's instructions and speak out loudly what he wanted to say.

"Comrade Chief," Sokov looked at the Chief of Secret Service and asked, "Is he one of the people you sent to arrest the tailor?"

"Yes, Comrade Commander."

After confirming the other party's identity, Sokov didn't go around in circles with him, but asked bluntly: "Comrade soldier, did something happen in your arrest? Did you find that the tailor had been surprised when you entered the tailor's shop?" died?"

Sokov's words made the soldier's eyes widen in surprise, and he said involuntarily, "Comrade Commander, how do you know?"

"Comrade Section Chief," Sokov turned his head to look at the Section Chief of Secret Service, and said quite proudly, "How is it? My analysis is correct, right?"

"Yes, Comrade Commander, your analysis is completely correct. The tailor was indeed silenced." After the chief of special services said this in a heavy tone, he turned to the soldier and asked, "Have you investigated around? Before the tailor died, were there any suspicious people coming in and out."

The soldier replied: "Comrade Chief, as soon as we found the tailor dead, we immediately asked the neighbors to find out about the situation."

"What do the tailor's neighbors say?" the Secret Service Chief asked, "Did they see any suspicious people coming in and out?"

"Comrade Chief," said the soldier, "on the right side of the tailor shop is a shoe shop. According to the owner of the shoe shop, when there was a violent quarrel in the tailor shop in the evening, he thought it was a dispute between the tailor and the customer. He didn't care. He didn't know that the tailor next door had been killed until we went to him to find out."

"Comrade soldier," Sokov interjected and asked curiously after hearing this, "What inspiration did you get from the confession of the shoe store owner?"

Hearing Sokov asking himself, the soldier quickly straightened his body and said, "Comrade Commander, I think the death of the tailor shop owner should be related to the customer who had a dispute with him in the evening."

"That's it?" Sokov asked again: "Have you ever thought about why the customer wants to kill the tailor?"

"Comrade Commander, the reason is very simple. It may be that the custom-made clothes were not satisfactory, and the two had a dispute. The customer was excited and killed the tailor on impulse." In order to prove that his analysis was correct, the soldier also offered to provide Some useful clues were found: "There is no trace of a fight in the tailor shop. It seems that the customer shot and killed the tailor suddenly when he was unaware."

Regarding the soldier's statement, Sokov asked without comment: "What is the murder weapon?"

"Scissors!" The soldier replied in an affirmative tone, "It's a pair of tailor's scissors. The scissors were stuck in the throat, and the tailor died without even having a chance to call for help."

"What about you, Comrade Section Chief." Sokov waited for the soldiers to finish speaking, then turned to the Special Service Section Chief, and asked, "How do you view this matter?"

"Comrade Commander," the Chief of Secret Service said with a bitter face, "If it is said that the customer lost control of his emotions because of the quarrel and killed him, stabbing the throat with scissors directly, unless it is a professional, it is difficult to kill with one blow. "

"That's right, Comrade Section Chief, your analysis is very reasonable." Sokov was thinking in his heart that if he were the murderer, even if the tailor was defenseless, he would stab the other party's throat with scissors , also takes a few tries to do so. He told his guess to the Chief of Secret Service: "I think the murderer should be a strictly trained agent, otherwise he would never be fatal in one blow."

"Comrade Commander, you are right." The Chief of Secret Service nodded and said, "If an ordinary customer had a conflict with a tailor and suddenly attacked him, the stabbing site should be the chest and abdomen. How could that be possible? What about the throat? You know, it’s impossible to hit that part without a long period of repeated practice.”

After finishing his analysis, the Chief of Secret Service asked Sokov for instructions: "Then what should we do next? Should we keep Aliya in the hospital, or put her in prison?"

"Let her stay in the hospital." Sokov has already determined at this moment that the cooperation that Alia showed not long ago is just to win his sympathy, so as to dispel his vigilance towards her. But she never dreamed that arranging for someone to kill the tailor's mouth was a stupid move, which exposed herself instead.

"Comrade Chief," Sokov said to the Chief of Secret Service: "Although there are Koshkin guards in the hospital, although they are all excellent fighters, they are not as professional as you in certain things. So I hope You can send two people to stay in the hospital and keep a close watch on Arya."

Regarding Sokov's arrangement, the Chief of Secret Service did not immediately agree, but raised his own concerns: "Comrade Commander, if we do this, will we not conflict with Captain Koshkin's subordinates?"

"Don't worry, Comrade Section Chief." Sokov comforted him in order to dispel the concerns of the Special Service Section Chief: "I will greet Captain Koshkin and ask his subordinates to fully cooperate with your work."

After receiving Sokov's assurance, the Chief of Secret Service immediately felt a lot more at ease. He nodded and said, "Comrade Commander, don't worry, I will definitely arrange this matter properly."

After dismissing the chief of the Secret Service, Sokov called the communication staff officer on duty to him and asked, "Comrade staff officer, have you heard back from the telegrams we sent?"

"Comrade Commander, half an hour ago, General Bogdanov sent a telegram, saying that they carried out a siege operation according to the location we gave them, and indeed wiped out a sniper team. The number of German soldiers killed is also the same as The numbers we provided match exactly."

Knowing that the German sniper team in Chernivtsi had been annihilated, Sokov suddenly smiled: "Comrade staff, this is really good news. How about the south, Vasily and the old man, Kravchenko and Ah General Funing, do they have a telegram?"

"No, Comrade Commander." After answering this question very simply, the staff officer felt that something was inappropriate, and quickly added: "But please rest assured, Comrade Commander, as soon as a new telegram arrives, I will be there. Please rest assured that I will send it to you as soon as possible.”

After waiting for the staff officer to leave, Sokov picked up the phone on the table and called the guard camp: "I'm Sokov, is Captain Koshkin there? Tell him to come to me immediately."

In order to facilitate the acceptance of orders from Sokov, Koshkin usually lives in the battalion headquarters of the guard battalion. Hearing that Sokov wanted to see him, he immediately got out of bed, put on his boots and ran all the way over.

When Koshkin came to Sokov, he said breathlessly: "Comrade Commander, I am here on orders. Do you have any important instructions?" He has been in charge of Sokov's security for a long time, and he knows If it wasn't for something very important, Sokov wouldn't call himself in the middle of the night. Since you made a call, there must be something important.

"Lieutenant Koshkin, before you came here, I had a long chat with the Chief of Secret Service." Sokov had nothing to hide from Koshkin's confidant, so he said truthfully: "After talking, we found that There are many doubts about Aliya."